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03-01-2003, 02:27 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Lancaster, PA
Posts: 3,240
RE: How do you get deer to stop rampaging crops
Theres not much to do except to get rid of the deer. Putting up a fence would be useless, as a healthy deer could easily clear a fence 8 feet in height.
Good Luck on your paper
Good Luck on your paper
03-01-2003, 02:38 PM
#5
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: the woods of NJ.
Posts: 5,643
RE: How do you get deer to stop rampaging crops
When they' re hungry they eat. When they' re sleepin their not eatin. The trick is to put them asleep permanently, get my drift. Bow,Shotgun,Rifle or Muzzleloader all of the above will get the job done. You also need a current Hunting License.
03-01-2003, 03:42 PM
#6
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Glasgow KY USA
Posts: 25
RE: How do you get deer to stop rampaging crops
Go to a barber shop and get a bunch of hair...They will have a lot im sure, and spinkle that stuff everywhere...I' d say that it would work, unless its around a place where the deer are used to humans, but it still might work...OR...
Im sure a bunch of guys on here would love to hunt some down for you..lol
Im sure a bunch of guys on here would love to hunt some down for you..lol
03-01-2003, 05:22 PM
#7
Super Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Roane Co. WV USA Member since 11/1999
Posts: 2,045
RE: How do you get deer to stop rampaging crops
Human hair, blood meal etc, etc will only work for a short duration. If you are talking about acres of fields....my suggestion would be a crop damage permit.
If you are talking about a standard garden plot what I have done for years works!
Place the 6 foot wooden or metal garden stakes about every 6-10 feet around the perimeter of your garden. Get 20lb test clear fishing line and wrap around the stakes.......using an x pattern, also going horizontally several times.....the deer will feel the test line and not know what it is .....they will not cross it. Leave yourself an entrance though...
Then the addition that really makes it work is Irish Spring Soap!! I usually cut the bars in half tie a piece of fishing line around each piece...or you can use cut up panty hose to put the soap into...... place the soap on each and every post and in between tying it to the fishing line. I have used this method for the past 20 years, and live in a very high density area for deer......
My son and I eat what I grow.......not the deer. It works.....
If you are talking about a standard garden plot what I have done for years works!
Place the 6 foot wooden or metal garden stakes about every 6-10 feet around the perimeter of your garden. Get 20lb test clear fishing line and wrap around the stakes.......using an x pattern, also going horizontally several times.....the deer will feel the test line and not know what it is .....they will not cross it. Leave yourself an entrance though...
Then the addition that really makes it work is Irish Spring Soap!! I usually cut the bars in half tie a piece of fishing line around each piece...or you can use cut up panty hose to put the soap into...... place the soap on each and every post and in between tying it to the fishing line. I have used this method for the past 20 years, and live in a very high density area for deer......My son and I eat what I grow.......not the deer. It works.....
03-01-2003, 06:19 PM
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 2,059
RE: How do you get deer to stop rampaging crops
I like Irish Spring soap but Dial works well too. If you' re just protecting a few trees hanging deodorant soap from a branch at deer nose level has worked 100% for me. The bars last about a year before they need replacement. Other people spray soap solution on the trees for the same effect.
If you' re trying to keep deer out of a large area go to a company called" Forestry Supplies" . They sell deer repellant that can be sprayed over larger areas.
Dan O.
If you' re trying to keep deer out of a large area go to a company called" Forestry Supplies" . They sell deer repellant that can be sprayed over larger areas.
Dan O.
